(groans)
(bike screeching)
- [Christina] Owie, that hurt
Got the old saddle on my crotch there.
Saved it just,
just barely.
(bike squeaking)
All right, so it's currently the night
or afternoon before winter solstice.
Around this time tomorrow
I'll be done with my mission, weather update.
It's snowing in Whistler
but hopefully it's raining in Squamish where we're going.
A little update on the bike.
She's doing good.
We had a nice little wash earlier.
Got everything dialed for tomorrow.
Just gonna head inside now and get some snacks together.
A couple of layers, a couple of outfits for tomorrow
and see how it goes.
Peace.
Just getting the kits together.
Chamois, the pants, jerseys, knee pads,
three pairs of gloves.
Couple of variety of jackets.
Three options of socks.
Secondary kit there.
That's my super cozy pile of clothes
that I'm gonna be looking forward to wearing when I'm done.
The technology section.
We've got GoPros coming out the yin yang.
Maybe a little overkill but hopefully,
hopefully we don't need it all.
Alrighty, most important part of the day.
What am I gonna eat?
We've got smoothie there for breakfast.
Green bottle there is gonna be for coffee number two.
Black bottle is for hot chocolate number one.
Water bottles for days.
Some fruit.
Old bars that I've been hanging on to
for a really, really long time.
Random assortment of trail mix there.
Bagel.
Gonna make some wraps for lunch
and peanut butter and jelly.
The after meal, potato chips and beer and bubbly water.
That's really all you need to have.
Boom shaka-laka.
If I eat all of that, that'll be a good day.
All right, here I am.
Just got to the trail head in Squamish.
I guess I should tell you what I'm doing here.
My buddy Owen is actually on his way up the hill right now.
Owen works at OneUp
and he is known to create mega suffer fests.
Like he loves seeing people hurt
but he also loves to have a good time.
And so it's the shortest day of the year.
What are we gonna do?
We're gonna ride the backyard,
a cross country lap behind his house.
We're gonna ride from sunup to sundown,
which is 8:07 AM till 4:15 PM.
That's my goal.
We'll see how it goes.
There he is.
- Good morning.
- Are you excited?
That's a word.
- [Christina] That's a word.
You're always excited.
I had a great drive in.
- Good.
- [Christina] Alrighty, it's almost time.
(bike thuds)
What are we doing today?
Are we mountain biking?
Yes.
8:05, here we go.
And we're off.
Hi.
- Hi, I'm Sam.
- [Christina] Hi, Sam, Christina.
(mumbles)
We're not even on the trail yet.
Oh its lush. Just after sunrise.
It's beautiful and sunny, can't you tell?
We're heading to the loop.
We just got to the bottom of the trail.
We're gonna ditch our packs up here.
In the bush.
19 minutes in on the timer.
Going up lap one
and we'll see how long this first lap takes.
(upbeat music)
(cheers)
Yay!
Almost makes you forget the climb.
Almost.
(upbeat music)
(bike squeaking)
(upbeat music)
Whoa!
There you go.
That's good to know line choice here.
Watch out for this giant hole.
And we're off.
Lap two.
(water splashing)
(bike squeaking)
Wow!
That's gnarly.
Just on lap two.
We're still holding a very aggressive Sunday morning pace.
(upbeat music)
It'll have to slow down at some point.
Do not go in the mud pit.
(bike squeaks)
Good job team.
Right at about 15 minutes.
Excellent work TJ.
Give me something back,
give me some knucks.
Okay, TJ?
TJ knucks.
- Oh, knucks.
(both laugh)
- [Christina] Going in the video.
And we have Zoe.
Hi! - Hi!
We go again.
Oh yeah!
(cheers)
(upbeat music)
Styling!
(cheers)
Four.
Four and a bit, not that I'm counting.
(Zoe laughs)
It's a lot warmer than any of us anticipated.
We're going up for lap five.
(upbeat music)
(water splashing)
Yeah, 15 minute interval lap.
Again and again
and again.
(bike squeaks)
(groans)
Premature gear shifting back here.
I forgot drop in actually means climb.
Nice!
- [Zoe] Get it together.
(Christina groans)
- [Christina] Doesn't look like much on the GoPro
but it's a big climb, I tell ya.
(shrieks)
A little excited.
All right, all right.
Just finished up lap six.
We're just passing two hours.
Just under 12 kilometers,
600 meters of climbing.
Heart rate is finally resting.
I was dying earlier but two hours in, six to go.
(upbeat music)
(bike squeaks)
(upbeat music)
A little bit of fun, whole lotta,
whole lotta ouchie.
It's just long enough to be like,
"Oh, I forgot, I don't like that climb."
(Zoe and Carrie laugh)
13th time down this track today so far
and it's getting pretty sloppy
but we still have three and a half hours before sunset.
So, we'll see.
Hopefully I can hang out till the end.
That would be ideal.
Oh, hi.
Didn't see you there.
- [Cameraman] How are those legs?
- Just in my own little pain cave here.
(upbeat music)
(bikes screeching)
(upbeat music)
15 laps in, a couple more to go, for sure.
(upbeat music)
Hey.
Hello, we made it.
Well, I made it.
I made it here anyway.
I made it to one of my three goals.
So I'm pretty stoked.
I just hit,
1700 and a bit meters of climbing,
just over 35k.
Been out here for seven hours and 15 minutes.
Food was on point.
Water was good.
Bike was awesome.
Favorite part of the day?
I would say just the track.
How cool it was that
Oh, and dogs.
Is a doggie.
Okay, I lied.
This is my favorite part of the day.
Bye.
Yeah.
But the track was super fun
'cause as I was going up hill,
nice slow cadence there, diesel engine vibes.
A bunch of people were bombing the downhill.
So it was good.
We got to give each other like some hoots and hollers
and super fun track.
I obviously had to go back and get some provisions
because I needed a nice beer for this final lap.
I thought, you know, I deserve it.
So, I'm gonna wait till the team shows up.
Go get another lap under our belts.
Hey!
Gonna go ahead and call it.
I'm at a two minus one on the laps here.
How's everybody else doing?
Vibes are still high.
- [Participant 1] Oh, yeah.
- [Participant 2] We're going to call it with you
as soon as we're back here.
- [Christina] As soon as we're back here?
Nice.
That's a good maneuver.
Somebody is got to crack the first beer and I'll,
I'm not ashamed if it's me.
Dropping in.
That puddle doesn't even have water in it anymore.
That's how many laps we've done.
(bike squeaking)
We're still sending it-
- [Participant 1] Yeah, we are.
- [Christina] 20 laps later.
Yeah, boys and girls.
Oh, dog got a stick.
Dog is jacked.
Snacks.
I gotta have snacks.
Well deserved little beer.
- Cheers. Thank you.
- Cheers.
Cheers to the team.
It's not uncommon to see this many dumb dudes
signing up for something like this
but it is uncommon to see this many smart women-
- Smart women.
- [Christina] Good job girls, doing the thing.
(upbeat music)